CVE-2023-1336: RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize <= 1.7.1 - Missing Authorization in 'ajax_deactivate'

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-03-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The RapidLoad Power-Up for Autoptimize plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized settings update due to a missing capability check on the ajax_deactivate function in versions up to, and including, 1.7.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to disable caching.

Affected products

shakee93 RapidLoad AI – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically: through 1.7.1

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2877726/unusedcss/trunk/includes/modules/unused-css/UnusedCSS_Admin.php?contextall=1&old=2847136&old_path=%2Funusedcss%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fmodules%2Funused-css%2FUnusedCSS_Admin.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b2296800-93d6-48fa-aa09-3d28fa6371d7?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2877726/unusedcss/trunk/includes/modules/unused-css/UnusedCSS_Admin.php?contextall=1&old=2847136&old_path=%2Funusedcss%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fmodules%2Funused-css%2FUnusedCSS_Admin.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b2296800-93d6-48fa-aa09-3d28fa6371d7

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